Many of us clip our seedlings, but this is the first I’ve read about “undercutting”….
(Disturbing the roots intentionally to spur growth).
(Disturbing the roots intentionally to spur growth).
Effect of clipping and undercutting on yield, value, chemistry and growth
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The study appears to demonstrate that neither clipping or undercutting affects the final plants at maturity, when compared to transplants that were not clipped and not undercut. I've noticed during my own transplants from 1020 tray inserts that when roots extending out the bottom of a cell are inadvertently amputated in the process of removing the plug from the insert cell, it seems to make no difference, compared to those transplants whose extending roots were lifted out intact with the soil plug. I also have noticed no difference in the duration of transplant shock—usually about 1-2 weeks.
Bob
Bob
Cant speak for tobacco but I start my vegetables in soil blocks I make, they wont become root bound, when the roots grow to the sides of the blocks they are "air trimmed" BUT I once started plants (tomatoes) some in blocks and some in trays, the ones in trays grew slightly lager. This was non scientific just my observation, I use the blocks exclusively for the convenience of not having trays to deal with after planting.
